# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-prior
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:44:42.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-prior"
name: "Mark Prior"
slug: "mark-prior"
description: "Mark William Prior is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. A onetime top prospect of the Chicago Cubs, he pitched for the team from 2002 to 2006 in a career that was marred by injuries. In his prime, his repertoire of pitches included a mid-90s mph fastball, a curveball, and a changeup. He is the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Prior.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1980-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.15
  momentum:             0.08559201141226819
  historical:           6.566017333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E6%99%AE%E8%90%8A%E7%88%BE_(%E6%A3%92%E7%90%83%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "馬克·普萊爾 (棒球選手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مارك پريور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Prior"
    title: "Mark Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC"
    title: "マーク・プライアー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%ED%81%AC_%ED%94%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4"
    title: "마크 프라이어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Prior"
    title: "Mark Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Prior"
    title: "Mark Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1036670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump